Women's Basketball 2/16/2013 10:18:00 PM

OCU clinches SAC regular-season women's basketball crown

Stars pound St. Gregory's 102-54

OCU honored its five seniors – Ravven Brown, Lauren Gober, Katie Hall, Desiree Jeffries and Jessica Lankston – Saturday.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University routed St. Gregory's 102-54 on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena to capture the Sooner Athletic Conference women's basketball regular-season championship.
Lauren Gober, a senior from Newcastle, Okla., notched her third double-double of the season with 27 points, 11 rebounds and five steals to pace OCU. The Stars, ranked second in NAIA Division I, moved to 22-2, 14-0 in the SAC with their 21st consecutive victory.
The defending national champion Stars have a three-game lead on third-ranked Lubbock Christian (Texas) and 12th-ranked Rogers State in the league standings with two games left to play. OCU has won or shared 14 SAC regular-season crowns, having taken the 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 titles previously.
“I am very proud of the effort from our team to be in this position,” OCU coach Latricia Trammell said. “We still have two regular-season games left, and we want to make sure we stay focused and continue to move forward. Our team chemistry and work ethic got us here. Now we need to build on this achievement.”
Gober brought her career point total to 1,605 while increasing her OCU career-record 3-point basket total to 289.
Katie Hall, a senior from Hazelton, Idaho, recorded her team-high 10th double-double, totaling 20 points and 15 rebounds, while Desiree Jeffries, a senior from Oklahoma City, posted 17 points, five rebounds and four assists for the Stars.
Ravven Brown, a senior from Duluth, Ga., and Cara Pugh, a junior from Oklahoma City, each chipped in 10 points and five rebounds for OCU.
OCU scored 64 points in the paint and 42 points off turnovers. St. Gregory's committed 32 turnovers.
The Stars built a 23-5 advantage early using Pugh's lay-in with 13:31 to go in the first half. St. Gregory's hit 2 of its first 5 shots from the field while losing eight turnovers.
OCU's largest lead came with 1:40 left in the game. Kayla MacKenzie's free throws capped a 14-2 Stars run to put OCU ahead 100-52. The Stars reached 100 points for the fourth time this season.
The Stars meet Oklahoma Baptist at 6 p.m. Thursday in Shawnee, Okla.

Sooner Athletic Conference
Regular-Season Champions
2012-13–Oklahoma City
2011-12–Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City
2010-11–Oklahoma City
2009-10–Oklahoma Baptist, Oklahoma City
2008-09–Oklahoma Baptist
2007-08–Oklahoma City
2006-07–Lubbock Christian, Southern Nazarene
2005-06–Oklahoma City
2004-05–Oklahoma City
2003-04–Oklahoma City, Southern Nazarene
2002-03–Oklahoma City
2001-02–Oklahoma City
2000-01–Oklahoma City
1999-2000–Oklahoma City, Southern Nazarene
1998-99–Southern Nazarene
1997-98–Phillips
1996-97–Oklahoma Baptist, Southern Nazarene
1995-96–Southern Nazarene
1994-95–Southern Nazarene
1993-94–Southern Nazarene
1992-93–Southern Nazarene
1991-92–Southern Nazarene
1990-91–Oklahoma Christian, Southern Nazarene
1989-90–Southern Nazarene
1988-89–Southern Nazarene
1987-88–Oklahoma Christian, Oklahoma City
1986-87–Oklahoma City
1985-86–Oklahoma Christian
1984-85–Oklahoma Christian
1983-84–Oklahoma Christian
1982-83–Oklahoma Baptist
1981-82–Oklahoma Baptist
1980-81–Oklahoma Christian
1979-80–Oklahoma Baptist

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